Crime

Friday, 06 May 2022 06:37

UK recovers $23m Abacha loot, but fund not coming to Nigeria

Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) has recovered more than $23 million stolen from Nigeria by the country's late military dictator Sani Abacha, it said on Thursday, the latest in a series of similar recoveries around the world. Abacha ruled Africa's most populous nation and top oil exporter from 1993 until his death in 1998, a period during which he stole up to $5 billion of public money, according to Transparency International. He was never charged. The money recovered in Britain forms part of a larger pool of funds identified by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) as having been misappropriated…

Wednesday, 04 May 2022 06:22

ISWAP fighters dislodge troops in fresh attack on Borno community

Kautukari, a community in Chibok LGA of Borno state, is currently under attack by suspected fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). A resident told TheCable that the insurgents invaded the community around 6pm on Tuesday and started shooting randomly. The suspected ISWAP fighters are reportedly setting houses ablaze while locals are fleeing into the bush for safety. Soldiers stationed at a military forward operation base (FOB) in Kada, two kilometres away from Kautukari, were said to have been dislodged. TheCable, however, understands that troops have been mobilised from the army’s 117 battalion in Chibok town to…

Tuesday, 03 May 2022 06:38

Abuja-Kaduna train kidnappers using victims as human shields - Buhari

Armed gangs who kidnapped dozens of passengers in an attack on Abuja-Kaduna train are using civilians as human shields, making it difficult for the military to carry out a rescue mission, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday. Nigeria's state railway company said last month that 168 people were missing following the March 28 attack. Local media last week showed a video of victims of the kidnap, including a baby recently born to one of the abducted women. Reuters could not verify the video's authenticity. Buhari said the government, which has been criticised for not doing enough to rescue the passengers,…

Tuesday, 03 May 2022 06:37

Gunmen who beheaded two soldiers in Imo state give reason for their action

Gunmen, on Saturday, killed two soldiers, at an unknown location in Imo State, Nigeria’s Southeast. The victims, A. M. Linus, said to be a Sergeant of the Nigerian Army, and his unidentified wife, said to be a lance corporal in the Army, were reportedly beheaded after being shot dead by the gunmen. Their corpses were said to have been dismembered by the gunmen. A gory image of their heads has gone viral on various social media platforms. A phone conversation with the suspected gunmen, believed to have been initiated by a friend to the slain female soldier, has surfaced online.…

Tuesday, 03 May 2022 06:36

Gunmen kill police officer, 3 others in Anambra

Gunmen on Monday, killed four persons, including a police officer, in two communities in Anambra State, Nigeria’s Southeast. Two of the victims who were killed in Ukpor, Nnewi South Local Government Area, were brothers. The duo, identified as Godwin Ikechukwu Modobi and Nnajiofor Modobi hailed from Umuhu village in the community. Two other persons were killed near a church, along Udorji road, Ozubulu, in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state. The latest attacks were coming barely four days after about five persons were killed at a beer parlour in Osumenyi, Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state. Nnajiofor…

Monday, 02 May 2022 06:54

Terrorists who attacked Abuja-Kaduna train release son of Northern Elders’ Forum chairman

Terrorists who kidnapped the Abuja-Kaduna train passengers have released Sadiq Ango Abdullahi, son of the Chairman of Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Ango Abdullahi. Sadiq, who has spent over one month in captivity with other victims, was said to have been released last Friday after the payment of ransom to the terrorists. Sadiq, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, was among those in the Business Class coach of the train, who were abducted by the gunmen. Sadiq had on February 5, 2022 dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress for the PDP. Terrorists had on March 29 bombed the Abuja-Kaduna rail tracks…

Sunday, 01 May 2022 06:33

Herdsmen kill 2 NSCDC officers, 3 others in Benue

At least five people including two personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been killed by suspected herdsmen, while others were injured in separate attacks on two local government areas of Benue State on Thursday and Friday last week. Our correspondent gathered that two NSCDC personnel and a driver with the Benue Livestock Guards, were killed while they were on an official duty at Adaka community of Makurdi on Friday. It was further gathered that two people were killed on Thursday evening at Tse-Tume in Turan council ward of Logo Local Government Area of the state.…

Sunday, 01 May 2022 06:32

Gunmen kill 5 persons in ‘drinking joint’ in Anambra

Gunmen have invaded a ‘beer parlour’ in Obiofia village in Osumenyi, in the Nnewi-South Local Government Area of Anambra State, and killed five persons. According to an eyewitness, the incident happened at the Uto Ndu beer drinking joint late Friday. It was gathered that the unidentified gunmen invaded the restaurant at about 8:00pm on Friday and immediately opened fire on the customers who were drinking and having fun. About five of them, including the owner of the restaurant, identified as Uto Ndu, were said to have been killed. Videos from the scene of the incident, which are currently trending on…

Thursday, 28 April 2022 09:25

Former Ogun gov Gbenga Daniel was discharged from criminal charges filed against him by EFCC. Here are the landmark rulings by the Court of Appeal in the case that lasted 11 years

The defendant Gbenga Daniel was arraigned in court on the 11th of October 2011, on a 16 count charge which was amended at various times and the final charge (4th amended Charge) had a total of 32 counts. In the course of the trial the EFCC called 35 witnesses and tendered over 1000 documents as exhibits. At the close of the prosecution’s case, the Defense team filed a NO CASE SUBMISSION to the effect that the EFCC had no case against the defendant and that there was no evidence of wrong doing to prove an essential element in the alleged…

Thursday, 28 April 2022 06:44

Bill prohibiting ransom payments, prescribing death penalty for abductions passes in Senate

Senate on Wednesday passed a bill imposing jail terms of at least 15 years for paying a ransom to free someone who has been kidnapped, and made abduction punishable by death in cases where victims die. Armed gangs operating mostly in Northeastern and Northcentral states of Nigeria have for more than a decade spread terror through kidnappings for ransom, targeting students, villagers and motorists on highways. They have also killed thousands of people. The bill, which amends Nigeria's terrorism law, mandates the death penalty for convicted kidnappers where the abduction leads to loss of life, and life imprisonment in other…

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Thursday, 28 April 2022 06:43

FG extradites Nigerian to US over romance scam, money laundering

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has extradited one Adedunmola Gbadegesin to the United States over a wire fraud scam worth $148,000. Gbadegesin, who was extradited on Monday, is wanted in the US over an alleged conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. According to the EFCC, the office of the attorney-general of the federation made a request for Gbadegesin’s extradition following a court order to the effect. “The offences contravene Title 18, US Code, Section 1349 and 1956 (h) and carries a maximum jail term of 20 years was extradited on Monday,” the statement reads. “His extradition was…

Thursday, 28 April 2022 06:42

Abducted pregnant Abuja-Kaduna train passenger gives birth in captivity

One of the pregnant women abducted from a train in Kaduna on March 28, 2022, has given birth. A family member of the victim disclosed this in an interview with ARISE TV. According to the television station, the relation said a doctor was sneaked into the camp to attend to the woman. Sources said the terrorists are organised and coordinated because of the way they were able to get medical supplies into the forest, a development they described as still shocking to both government and security operatives. “The woman who was reportedly eight months pregnant at the time of the…

Wednesday, 27 April 2022 06:54

Terrorists release new photographs of abducted Abuja-Kaduna train passengers

New pictures of the persons abducted by gunmen during the Abuja-Kaduna train attack have surfaced online. The victims were abducted when bandits attacked a Kaduna-bound train on March 28. Eight passengers were killed during the train attack, while a yet-to-be-confirmed number of persons were kidnapped. In one of the pictures, the victims were women and kids seated on the floor while the second picture showed men, with half of them standing and the other half seated. Abdulfatai Jimoh, chairman of the forum of the abductees’ families, confirmed that the pictures were just released. “Yes, the pictures are true. They are…

Sunday, 24 April 2022 06:40

Explosion at illegal oil refinery kills over 100 in Imo

More than 100 people were killed overnight in an explosion at an illegal oil refining depot on the border of Nigeria's Rivers and Imo states, a local government official and an environmental group said on Saturday. "The fire outbreak occurred at an illegal bunkering site and it affected over 100 people who were burnt beyond recognition," the state commissioner for petroleum resources, Goodluck Opiah, said. The bunkering site was in the Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo state in the Abaezi forest that straddles the border of the two states. Unemployment and poverty in the oil-producing Niger Delta have made…

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